The CFA is now the MAC!

You may have noticed the new name Mahaney Arts Center on our website and posters. You’re not imagining things—we have streamlined our name!

Our building has undergone many name changes over its 25-year history.

• Opened in 1992 as the Center for the Arts (CFA), the building was often referred to as the Center for Fine Arts, or simply the arts center.
  
  
• In 2007, the building was renamed the Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 Center for the Arts, or Mahaney Center for the Arts for short.
  
  
• Not long thereafter, the acronym was adjusted to MCA. Although it appears that way in arts publications and college scheduling applications, it never really caught on. We still hear the building referred to as CFA and/or MCFA by students, faculty/staff, and community members alike.

So let’s clear things up!

The official building name is unchanged:

Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 Center for the Arts

But our informal, “common” name is now

Mahaney Arts Center

Our new acronym:

MAC

We'll continue to roll out these changes in the year ahead. See you soon at the MAC!